The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 25, 1898, Page 2

2 THE S AN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25 1898. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA FOOTBALLERS OUTPLAY STANFORD AT EVERY POINT When Pri anth ums with sea-biu dent; the card aal football yer had tears in his eyes as answered the | taunt. “Down in Ma “fighting for the leaving us to feat.” The ence to St son, who is wit the front, a man impregnabl th but cause Ca 1 the Palo | Alto kick re. To the victors be and the blue and gold bt imilating the re- | wards of a bril victory' which and scintillat combi hict relief. th 1 out in ful Fifteen thousand people with check- | straps on their breaths saw Kaarsburg | | offense, quic ngle Went Over the Line for a Touchd own for University of California ger one. being, 1gly, - play seem tory. tive team play. ated for the common good. R R R R e R TR b o TR S S e of the men from Berkele d a gallant, dashing game ture of Berkeley’s game w Each man supported his fello We have ries and this defeat will but tend to s of California was a throughout the enti e The. wearers of th \d deserve their v its wonderfully effec- pleyers and co-oper- ad our full measure of ¥ °t us again to work. DAVID STARR JORDAN, President Stanford University. B o e R DR R R R e O e R R R R ey to- the of the California fullback swung ward the pigskin and instantly gridiron battle of 1898 was on. The action that followed was defense, sallies here and ther ssings on the cente: around the ends, all serving to crumble one side in the dust and ralse the other to a pinnacle of temporary fam First it was Hall charge: flank 3 IQ+¢¢_¢¢94»4‘¢¢+fv¢¢4+o¢¢¢94¢¢¢v+++y looked for a much harder gam outpunted by K In the fi ul a game. 1 work, whi Garrett Coch t half our men After they » won the gam. an, to whom Coach We g00d precedent, which thes . PERCY HA bbb bbbt e CAPTAIN HALL IS JUBILANT. HE University of California men clearly outclassed the Stanford team more than the men of the latter outclassed us last year. We sburg, which w. ized up their men hope next year’'s team will be able to win. lacked before. e than the one we played. Murphy s a surprise to some peo- were a little nervous and played they did better. e, was drilled into the boys by all the glory and the honor is due. The players have a DR R R R R R At gk ¢ LL, Captain California Eleven. + + O R R o R R e e R R & ek b B N P SV SN PPN PP of California draw his right foot back | for the kick-off. The men who were covering spots on the lime lines w breathing with difficulty, their ey aflame, their teeth hard set and their ADVERTISEMFNTS. Elegant Bisque Ware. Richest and newest decorations. 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Then Smith, the freshman, or, as his sobriquet runs, ‘“Locomotor,” would find gaps that Pringle tore apart and both would go down the fleld together. “Like a genu- ine eight-wheeler,” some one remarked on the side lines, and the Stanford team, wrecked from the onslaught, no ™2 | hearts thumping at their ribs. The toe | looked as if it had just pa 1 through a tete-a-tete with an iron horse. Thane would give the signal and away the team would rush at the cen- ter, either tackle or arcund the ends. When California had the ball ground gaining was ured. Do what they would neither Wilson nor Rus on whom Stanford had built its hopes, could stem the tide. California’s united efforts, concentrated attack, vimful plunges kept churning and churning | the red men and leaving in its wake ROTTANZI 7 ATTACHMENT DANCED FORU.C. | other bitter doses heart-sore disappointment, shattered hopes and supine athletes. Undoubtedly the day was unilateral. The score is a false register of a com- parative estimate of the teams. Were | it not for fumbles and momentary team dissolution the blue and gold would have added other points to their twen- ty-two and the cardinal would have of touchdowns and The master hand of back of it all, he goals to swallow. Garrett Cochran wa, with his refined s > of football wi dom. The well-ordered attacks, the apultic rams, the precision play and the hand-to-hand support left Stanford for the first time team, dying hard in fierce struggle. ‘What impressed the spectator most was the chagrin and wonderment that filled the Stanford players when the blue and gold began its battery fire. Parker, Ray Smith, Wilson, Rusk, Forrest Fisher and gritty “Chet” Mur- phy, veterans of noble achievements on the gridiron, saw defeat before them. It was novel, an experience to which they could not adapt themselves, and they floundered in the deep sea of | indecision. Their efforts to repel the forceful buttings of the strategic on- slaughts proved impotent, yet they worked on and on, knowing only too well that scarred, inky defeat was their portion of the Thanksgiving feast. Like the Black Tyrone, California had seen its own blood and the demon was In the men. Their coach politely told each man of the team that if he saw any signs of slowing-up he would commit eleven murders during the evening. Whether it was the fear of the realization of this threat—for | Cochran is a serious young man—or the spirit that was in them it is hard to say. Certain it is they did play foot- ball in flerce, reckless style. Now for the game. Kaarsburg's kick-off gave the ball to Murphy on Stanford's 30-yard line. Then the cardinal tested California's of the | a beaten | | selves ' against th blue’ and gold. TFwice were they repulsed, and a great cheer went up m thousands of on- lookers. Murphy was forced to punt, but it w not his old-style, quick kicking for great distances. Smith and Hall were d for plays on tackle and then rsburg fumbled, surrendering the .coveted pigskin to - the California on the de sive, and the eye of the expert realized the conditions. t was the fight, and the battle fiercely on the California 25- when one of the many fum- bles was allowed a chance to work. For the nonce the god of cardinal warriors was with them. It was the Stanford ball twenty-five yards from the stick- ing place. Could they do it? was the question everybody asked. Cochran crouching on the lines and Cross pray- g between closed teeth, ground their ger nalls into their hands. Hot and full went Fisher against the phalanx | before him. No gain, and the blue and | gold sections were instinct with sudden life. Another try at honor. Dole was selected, but his efforts were choked In their infancy and he staggered to earth | without the gain of ground. One more chance remained. Would the ends, of California waver? The left s tried and the discovery made. California’s line was a fortress and the blue and gold secured the ball. The pent-up enthusiasm of seven | years was given a chance to split the | heavens in twain, for the backs of the | blue and gold were called into action. | Kaarsburg, with the leather tucked un- | der his arm, started down the field be- hind good interference. Thane put Ray | Smith out of the play, and away went | the fullback like an explosion. He was discovered on the California 50-yard |line. Percy Hall repeated Kaarsburg’s fleet run and the crowd went wild again. “Ten to five on Berkeley,” yelled a bettor in the pack behind the fence. The bet was not taken. Kaarsburg was given the ball, with the scent of victory in his nostrils. He was too anxious, fumbled it after he broke through the opposing line, and | Murphy became the possessor. Then | the Stanford men drew their breaths. | Words of encouragement came from the | captain—*‘Steady, now, boys; steady |and we will wi For the first time California’s line weakened and gains were made through the left side, but it | was only of short duration. Hardly had eight yards of territory been covered when the blue and gold held their oppo- | nents, and Murphy was forced to kick again. | The pigskin belonged to the Berkeley men on their own 40-yard line. Seventy vards separated them from a |down and it was now or never. | | | touch- Captain | Hall exhorted his team to play. ball and not to conduct themselves like chil- dren. An off-side play of Stanford gave the blue and gold a present of ten vards of the Recreation Park, but not for keeps. Dashing, smashing, Percy Hall was itching for a run. Around Ray Smith’s end he sailed, riding the seas. Toppled-over red shirts marked his track of twenty-five yards, and the blue and gold bleachers became animate cardinal | 1d demonstrated its ability | 2444421444+ 4 4t 444444444444+ 44+ 44+ [lne. Twice the red meén hurled them- | STANFORD BOYS OUTPLAYED SAYS PRESIDENT JORDAN HE team representing Stanford' University was weaker than in former years, while that from University Our boys were outplayed unable to withstand the offens | forty yards from jthe Californla goal. Again Stanford assailed the Californ | bulwarks, oply to meet with fallure, | | and again Murphy was forced to punt. | “Billy” Harrel: anchest of Stan- fordites, said s all off with the cardinal, and Code's heart was sore. | ford to a standstill. football every the credit of the victory which was and by the men as a team. O R R R T O S S S R SR SRR SR S Sy S e The touchdown! That was the again. 3 thing, and Hall bucked again. Five vards nearer was he to five points. Pete Kaarsburg went over the center, high up in the air, a gymnastic feat, for another five yards. “Bang,” “Smash, “Puncture,” ~ ‘‘Perforate,” came the commands from the grandstand. “Lo- comotor” Smith tried to do it all at once in five yards’' running. The pigskin rested peacefully on the Stanford five-yard line, and it was the treasure of California. “Fight, you red devils!” roared a Stanford graduate. Hall came at the Stanford line with a | whack. A single yard was his meed. | He tried again. The two lines closed and tussled and pushed. It meant victory for one side and de- feat for the other. Stanford again held the Berkeley charger. One more try. The quivering athletes in red, \\'L‘.Il nigh sending their teeth through their jaws and into their heads, bent low for the supreme effort. Murphy cheered his men; slapped - some on the back, told them that they were heroes. Again came the wizard of Berkeley, and lo! | he fumbled. Hall, the hero of a dozen battles, actually dropped the ball two yards from the gcal line. The fumble was not costly, however, as the Stan- ford men held the Berkeleyites for the third time and the ball became red a foot from the cardinal’s goal. Stanford’s magnificent defense on their goal line was only a small meas- ure of sensation compared with what followed. ‘“‘Chet” Murphy received the | ball to kick out of danger. The ball | sailed skyward, none of that long, driv- | ing kind that usually comes from the | toe of the Stanford quarterback, but a slow sky ball. It was anybody's spheroid, but Murphy wished it all for | himself. He caught it and away he | went on the bound, a Mauser bullet, | toward the California goal. The fleid | was clear; there stood the posts silhou- etted against the black mass of in- | clined humanity. Who could catch this fleet man, reputed the fastest on the field? Hall and Craig started in pur- suit. The more Murphy turned toward the middle of the field the closer he came toward the pursuers. He had a fair start and it was a touchdown, for a case of wine to a glass of beer. “Not so,” said Hall and Craig. There was no quitting. Chase they must, | though the world laugh at them. Murphy felt the hot breath of pant- ing Percy Hall full upon his neck. He increased his speed. Twenty-five yards was covered. There remained a full elghty-five more before all was safe. IN HIY CORKS W ATTITUDE fumbling which I cannot understand. GARRETT COCHRAN, C D o o S i e e e e o e In b SR R R S S | S 29 “EARNEST FOOTBALL WON, + < + SAYS COACH COCHRAN. % 4 HOPED for such a result, but feared it would not happen. I have 4 nothing to say but words of thanks to the boys who played Stan- + They were a team, playing hard, earnest 4 | minute. What annoyed me was the inexplicable 4 | Captain Hall is deser of 4 obtained by hearty co-ope s working together every minute of the day. The 4 game was full of excitement for a time, but after a certain period of 4 | the second half there was only one team in the field. Stanford fell + to pieces when we recovered from stage fright and began to work + + ‘oach, University of California. S + Click, click, went his cleated shoes as they rebounded from the earth. The second twenty-five yards were covered and he was yet s; , but his course was being turned toward the side lines and Cralg and Hall still in hot pur- sult. The crowd was frantic and the tension snappy. On and on went Mur- phy and now closer and closer came Hall. Glory and kingdoms were shout- ed to him as he went, but his hopes and chances were suddenly chopped off. Twenty-five yards from the goal line | ond half. | burg proved the ejual of Murphy. the ball on the five-yard line, the St ford team cro.ching for the p. rush, Hall tried for a touchdown. Three yards he made. A quick line-up, a quick pass, he shot through again, this time for all he held dear on earth, a touchdown which he knew meant vic- tory. Kaarsburg failed to kick a goal, Soon after the half closed and the score read: California, 5; Stanford, 0. The Stanford team came out in the field a much bedraggled set for the sec- James at left guard was re- tired and man [ in his place; Clinton at right t ade way for Dole. The two tackl Wilson and Rusk, who were counted on for so much, had been outcl 1 by Pringle and Whipple of California; the Stan- ford ends were outplayed by their op- ponents: the backs were unable to fortify the weak and Stanford's team entered upon the second stage of the game a G en. Murphy kicked off to Kaarsburg, who ran the ball in fifteen rds. Then California began a punting game at which Kaars- Re- lentlessly the California backs, young Smith in particular, punctured the Stanford line for any amount of gains. Smith, time after time, broke through their rushers, following Pringle, who was a war-horse in his smashing work. When a gain was wanted through the other side of the line Whipple was called on for the hole-making, and he succeeded. Yard after yard the blue PORRAS R R R R R o o R CAPTAIN FISHER CAN only say they had a better They had more team work. We the university behind us; in Chester Murphy played one of the more Berkeley went not a quitter on our team. The onl they had a better eleven. good, clean game. I think that Crc heimer, Downing and Code deserve were beaten fairly and squarely. defeat next year. I have played on what it is to be victorious. R R T B S PSP PSPPI sibly be put up, but we suffered from a coaching could not have been better, and against him the harder he played. I am glad to say & team in the fleld from the material we had. We have no excuses. We We hope, however, to retrieve our FORREST S. FISHER, Captain Stanford Eleven. HAS NO EXCUSE. team and by better play they won. had as good a team as could pos- lack of material. Our we had the spirit of fact, better than ever before. best games I have ever seen. The There was Iy reason for our defeat is that that Berkeley put up a )ss, Clemens, Harrelson, Franken- a great deal of credit for putting two winning teams, and know R i B o S o e ok o e o R S D R & & R R R S R S R P S SPAP USRS U U Percy Hall dove into the air and “‘Chet” | Murphy came to earth, exhausted, sore | of heart and bruised. The tackle, the | fierce run and the excitement of it all left Murphy limp and sodden, a wound- ed man. The twenty-flve yards left were twen- | ty-five yards too much for Stanford to make and the result was that California secured the ball after three tries of the cardinal. Then followed an inter- change of punts, in which Kaarsburg did some rare fumbling. It was a touchdown pretty soon for California or not at all this half. In unison, like the wheels of a machine, the blue and gold team began the work that made them the victors. Hall shot around one end. Thane worked a double pass and Kaarsburg went over the center. Then Smith was brought into the play | and how he played. Head down and | teeth set into the Stanford line he went | and nothing seemed to stop him. With | Flwgfiw EMBARASIED ENTHUY! and gold advanced toward the Stanford posts, but there was a check put in the course fifteen yards awvay from the scoring point. Then came the evidence of Stanford's weakness. Murphy, limping and battle- stained, punted, and the ball only went ToPs WERE DRAPED WITH AT " *